Prospective study of axillary vein puncture with or without contrast venography for pacemaker and defibrillator lead implantation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Burri, Haran ^a,b   Sunthorn, Henri ^a   Dorsaz, Pierre André ^a   Shah, Dipen ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axillary vein puncture; Cardiac pacing; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lead implantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AXILLARY VEIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SKIN INCISION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

AGED; AXILLARY VEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PUNCTURES;

EID: 12844262307     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00039.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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